Antigone | Essays and Criticism
- Family versus Community in Antigone
In the following essay, Thomas Allbaugh discusses the issue of family versus community that pervades Sophocles's play.
- The Antigone and its Moral
In the following excerpt from an article that originally appeared in The Leader on March 29, 1856, George Eliot interprets Antigone as the conflict between "the strength of man's intellect, or moral sense, or affection" and "the rules which society has sanctioned."
- Dramatic Effect in Sophocles
In the following excerpt, Walter Johns outlines Sophocles's distinctive use of violence and strong emotion in Antigone.
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